  {"id":2036,"date":"2014-12-23T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2017-04-01T16:32:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T21:32:32","slug":"the-12-bugs-of-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/the-12-bugs-of-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The 12 Bugs of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings of the Season, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>The world has been rushing forward (personally, the BugLady is still wondering what happened to August), and it\u2019s time again for the Annual \u201cTwelve Bugs of Christmas\u201d event (and, coincidentally, episode #350 in the series, by the BugLady\u2019s numbering). Here are a (Baker\u2019s) dozen insects that will not be getting (or who have already had) their own BOTWs. Feel free to hum along, and have a lovely Holiday.<\/p>\n<h3>Eastern Forktail Damselflies<\/h3>\n<p>Eastern Forktail Damselflies (<em>Ischurna verticalis<\/em>) are one of our earliest and latest-flying damsels. They oviposit in the leaves and stems of aquatic vegetation. This one was sitting on\/near some floating mats of carnivorous Common bladderwort plants, whose stems suit her purpose perfectly, but whose bladders will consume some of her tiny young when they hatch.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-forktail.jpg\" alt=\"eastern-forktail\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-forktail.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-forktail-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Black Swallowtail Pupa<\/h3>\n<p>The BugLady found this Black Swallowtail Pupa (<em>Papilio polyxenes<\/em>) when it was still a larva, hunched at the bottom of a stalk, and this is how it looked the next day. Black swallowtails have two broods per year; small males can be seen over the land in early spring and again, nectaring on red clover in high summer. This green pupa, offspring of the spring-flyers, will mature in a few weeks. Its offspring will overwinter as a seasonally-appropriate brown chrysalis.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/bl-swllwtl-chrys.jpg\" alt=\"bl-swllwtl-chrys\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/bl-swllwtl-chrys.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/bl-swllwtl-chrys-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Baskettail Dragonflies<\/h3>\n<p>One day, when the BugLady was peering into a local pond, she spied pale strands floating in the shallows. \u201cNever saw that before,\u201d she said to herself, \u201cI\u2019ll just take a few \u2018throwaway shots\u2019 (a chorus of photographers sighs \u2013 \u201cbad idea!\u201d), and put them up on the screen and see what\u2019s happening here.\u201d What was happening was that Baskettail Dragonflies (<em>Epitheca cynosura<\/em>), which are so-named because a female carries at the tip of her abdomen a ball (\u201cbasket\u201d) containing hundreds of eggs, were ovipositing. A female attaches her ball of eggs to a submerged plant or she drags\/taps her abdomen along the water\u2019s surface, unraveling the string as she goes. In either case, the once-compact egg mass swells into a long strand an inch wide and as long as several feet (\u201cjust add water\u201d). If you look closely, you can see the lumps of eggs within the strand. Were the strands there when the BugLady went back the very next day? Were they, photographers?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/baskettail-egg-strand.jpg\" alt=\"baskettail-egg-strand\" width=\"454\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/baskettail-egg-strand.jpg 454w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/baskettail-egg-strand-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Podabrus Solier Beetle &amp; Mayfly<\/h3>\n<p>The small species of mayfly (right) emerges in the Bog by the thousands, covering the leaves of plants above which its aquatic young live. Adults do not eat. The Podabrus soldier beetle (a lightning bug mimic) is a predator. Legs have been shed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/tableaux.jpg\" alt=\"tableaux\" width=\"700\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2046\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/tableaux.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/tableaux-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Pandorus Sphinx<\/h3>\n<p>BugFan Ron called the BugLady in the beginning of October to ID a mega-caterpillar, which turned out to be a Pandorus Sphinx (<em>Eumorpha pandorus<\/em>) (thanks again for the tomatoes, Ron). Sphinx moth caterpillars are collectively known as \u201chornworms,\u201d for the impressive, curved horn on their final segment. Some species, like the Pandorus sphinx, lose the horn before their final instar, replacing it with a \u201cbutton.\u201d PS caterpillars come in bright green, olive, orange, cinnamon, and almost purple, and there\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu\/species.php?hodges=7859\">variation<\/a> in tint among the moths, too. <a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/\">Bugguide.net<\/a> calls them \u201can extra-spectacular sphinx moth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/sphinx-pandorus.jpg\" alt=\"sphinx-pandorus\" width=\"500\" height=\"637\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3008\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/sphinx-pandorus.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/sphinx-pandorus-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Zelus Assassin Bug<\/h3>\n<p>Away in the manger? The shiny-looking little structure on the underneath of a hazelnut leaf is an egg mass left behind by a female Zelus Assassin Bug (<em>Zelus longpies<\/em>). When the BugLady turned over a new leaf trying to get a shot of one, she found it covered with recently-emerged, tiny, translucent baby Zeluses (Zeli?) (<em>Zelus luridus<\/em> is a common species in God\u2019s Country). Maternal care is uncommon insects overall, and paternal care is practically unheard of, but in some species of <em>Zelus<\/em>, it\u2019s Dad who sticks around and guards the egg mass. Mom DID leave a gift for her young. According to Eric R. Eaton\u2019s <em>Bugeric<\/em> blog, <em>Zelus<\/em> is aided in catching its prey by myriad small hairs on its spindly legs, hairs that are covered with sticky stuff that is produced by glands in the exoskeleton of the legs and spread onto the hairs deliberately (hence the name \u201csundew assassin bug\u201d). How do the babies get gooey? Mom covers the \u201cmanger\u201d with sticky stuff that repels predators while her eggs are on the inside, and the newly-emerged nymphs rub their legs in the glue, and off they go.<\/p>\n<p>[metaslider id=3010]<\/p>\n<h3>Whiteface Dragonfly<\/h3>\n<p>This Whiteface Dragonfly (probably a Dot-tailed whiteface, <em>Leucorrhinia intacta<\/em>) was recently-emerged and still stretching out its wings, and it was really glad that the BugLady couldn\u2019t see it, because it couldn\u2019t quite fly. Newly-emerged Odonates, called <em>tenerals<\/em>, are soft of body, pale in color, and sexually immature, situations that are rectified within a few days to weeks. Their temporarily pale color deflects aggression by courting males before the tenerals are ready to go to the party.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/dot-tld-whtface-cesa.jpg\" alt=\"dot-tld-whtface-cesa\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/dot-tld-whtface-cesa.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/dot-tld-whtface-cesa-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/dot-tld-whtface-cesa-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Eastern Comma Butterfly<\/h3>\n<p>Glowing burnt sienna like the autumn leaves around it, an Eastern Comma Butterfly (<em>Polygonia comma<\/em>) enjoys a moment in the newfound sun of the forest floor. It\u2019s one of several anglewing butterflies that, along with the Mourning cloak, will overwinter as an adult, the glycogens in its blood working like antifreeze to keep lethal frost crystals from forming in its cells. Anglewings and morning cloaks sometimes leave their hibernacula during January thaws and in maple tapping season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-comma.jpg\" alt=\"eastern-comma\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-comma.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/eastern-comma-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Two Springtails<\/h3>\n<p>The BugLady spent much of spring taking artsy shots of non-flowering plants. She has long chuckled at the irony of looking at a computer monitor to see what she has just seen (she recently heard of a scientific study in which the memory capacity of people who habitually used cameras to record their surroundings was compared with those who observed life camera-free). A mini-world of mosses and lichens? Beautiful. Two springtails wandering through the scene? Priceless!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/springtail.jpg\" alt=\"springtail\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/springtail.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/springtail-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Millipede<\/h3>\n<p>The middle of a Millipede (<em>Narceus americana<\/em>) on the middle of a leaf.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/millipede.jpg\" alt=\"millipede\" width=\"500\" height=\"354\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/millipede.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/millipede-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>White-faced Meadowhawks<\/h3>\n<p>As a rule, dragonflies oviposit into aquatic leaves and stems or into open, water, but the BugLady rarely sees the ubiquitous White-faced Meadowhawks (<em>Sympetrum obtrusum<\/em>) near water. So, she did a little reading and found out that while some species of meadowhawks do oviposit over water, other species take a huge gamble where their offspring are concerned. They drop their eggs, each encased in a dry membrane, onto earth in a spot that looks like it\u2019s going to hold water come fall or spring! There are many accounts of meadowhawks ovipositing on lawns. The BugLady was in a low, sand scrape near a pond at Forest Beach Migratory Preserve (a grand place to stalk dragonflies) when she saw this tandem pair of White-faced meadowhawks bobbing up and down in the vegetation, just like dragonflies that manoeuver over water. She assumes that on the downward bob, eggs were released onto the sand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/meadwhawk-wht-fcd.jpg\" alt=\"meadwhawk-wht-fcd\" width=\"500\" height=\"454\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/meadwhawk-wht-fcd.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/meadwhawk-wht-fcd-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Merry Mystery<\/h3>\n<p>And, finally, a Merry Mystery. It was a dark and stormy night in mid-August, and the BugLady was photographing this interesting, sable-colored moth on her front porch. The moth was a little above her head, so she was shooting at an angle. When she checked the screen see if the moth was in focus, she noticed the tiny interloper. Was it there when she got the camera right back up? Photographers?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/merry-mystery.jpg\" alt=\"merry-mystery\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/merry-mystery.jpg 500w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/merry-mystery-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2014\/12\/merry-mystery-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time again for the Annual \u201cTwelve Bugs of Christmas\u201d event (and, coincidentally, episode #350 in the series, by the BugLady\u2019s numbering). Here are a (Baker\u2019s) dozen insects that will not be getting (or who have already had) their own BOTWs. 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